Example sentences of "was [adj] come [adv prt] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other lad who made a commitment came as a non-believer but was willing to come along with an open mind and on studying the gospels came to believe Jesus was indeed who he said he was and shortly after made his commitment . |
| 2 | The SparKit LSI is announcing is the self-same kit it was supposed to come up with almost two years ago — one that would have produced a Sparcstation 2 clone for $18,000 . |
| 3 | Sam was apt to come out with explosive , inconsequential damnations which his class bore patiently , sympathetically . |
| 4 | Certainly the Home Office was unable to come up with a convincing case against such scrutiny by a House which is ‘ elected to protect the democratic rights of [ the ] people ’ . |
| 5 | When Myra was regressed she was unable to come up with anything which might have had a distressing effect upon her before the incident with her cousin . |
| 6 | In 1982 the Institute of Hydrology carried out trials on the Trannon , and in 1986 was able to come up with a number of constructive lessons to be learned from this sorry story . |
| 7 | It was a ritual that distressed Anna Essinger and her staff but , given the pressure to move the children out of the camp so that others could take their places , nobody was able to come up with a better alternative to what was known as ‘ the market ’ . |
| 8 | Conrad ( 1965 , pp. 12–13 ) , in his interesting study of penal practice in nine different European countries , was able to come up with five postulates shared by penal administrators in all of them ; and they spell out precisely the rehabilitative programme : |
| 9 | However , its subsidiary , Barclays Direct Mortgage Services , was able to come up with the sums in a matter of days . |
| 10 | Pepsi outlined the problems behind their new style : ‘ It was difficult coming up with a look that was original , that did n't look like Kylie or Madonna but retained their strength — I think we 've cracked it though . ’ |